[Sci-tech-public] Chris Henke, FRIDAY 9-30-11

[Margo Collett]

Public Lecture at MIT  

Chris Henke 
Associate Professor of Sociology, Colgate University 


Contested Fields: Agriculture and Environmental Conflicts  through the Lens of 'Place' 


In a world of increasingly global connections, agriculture is both part of these widespread networks but also still rooted to the specific "places" where crops are produced.  This literal grounding of agriculture makes it a potential site for conflict over the environmental impacts of farming, serving as a place for diverse interests to contest the practices and technologies used in specific locations.  The example of agricultural biotechnology makes a useful case to explore the place-based conflicts over agriculture in the early twenty-first century. 

September 30, 2011 
4 PM 
Building E51- 095 
Corner of Amherst and Wadsworth Streets, Cambridge 


This event is part of WHEATS 2011 (Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science), sponsored by MIT's departments of History, Anthropology, STS, and the SHASS Dean's Office.  For more information go to wheats.mit.edu. 
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